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Comment on Answer for What is a PEO? Is it different than a HR Advisor? by Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 13:59:24 +0000

Yes and another reason my organization went with a PEO was for compliance purposes as well. We are a remote organization employing in approx 20 states, so having the PEO keeping an eye on labor compliance has been the biggest benefit for us.

Comment on Answer for I am on leave due to no schooling for kids under the COVID-19 act. Do I have to go back to work if my kids are still out of school? by Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 20 May 2020 23:28:50 +0000

If you have a city employee that is off for lack of Child Care are they required to be off for the first 10 days without pay other than using vacation or sick pay? If they are off for this reason are they allowed to be off for 10 weeks with 2/3 of their pay. Are they allowed to come amd go from work to make up the difference in their pay. Thank you for your time.

Comment on Answer for As an individual carpenter contractor with no employees, do I qualify for coronavirus relief? by Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:14:31 +0000

a always there is no simple way to get a form to apply.always have to jump through hoops

Comment on Answer for I am a new, small business and independent contractor, can I still qualify for an SBA loan? by Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:50:47 +0000

Thank you for your help Andrea!

Comment on Answer for If I want to apply for the SBA coronavirus relief loan funding what should I do? by Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 17:08:37 +0000

Since we are not affiliated with the Small Business Administration (SBA), nor with any of their efforts and lending activities, we don't have anymore information than what has been made publicly available online. I would recommend visiting the SBA website and monitoring that for declarations of which counties qualify (<a href="<a href="https://www.sba.gov/">https://www.sba.gov/</a&gt" rel="nofollow">https://www.sba.gov/">https://www.sba.gov/</a&gt</a>;). Also, you can contact county officials in your area and/or monitor their website. Santa Clara has a dedicated portion of their site specifically regarding the coronavirus outbreak in the county here: (<a href="<a href="https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/opa/covid19/Pages/home.aspx">https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/opa/covid19/Pages/home.aspx</a&gt" rel="nofollow">https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/opa/covid19/Pages/home.aspx">https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/opa/covid19/Pages/home.aspx</a&gt</a>;)

Comment on Answer for What if my boss created a fraudulent paycheck? by Riia O’Donnell

Riia O’Donnell — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:15:12 +0000

Ben – I’m not sure why “check stubs with extreme amounts of money that weren’t paid to me” wouldn’t be a serious charge against the employer. Fraud is a felony – and possibly using an employee’s SSN to facilitate it is quite serious.

Comment on Answer for What if my boss created a fraudulent paycheck? by Ben

Ben — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:04:08 +0000

Rushing to an accusation of fraud? Fraud implies some intent to deceive. Reporting the deception to you on your pay stub would be a very incompetent fraud at that. What you do know is you have erroneous amounts appearing in your online report. Why can't you just call this to your employer's attention? Could be an error with the online html report formatting (e.g. comma delimited data with extra comma would off-set numbers into wrong fields). Could be someone is stealing from them (e.g. the bookkeeper) and hiding it in your numbers. All you know at this time is the online report is wrong. It it not an official IRS form (e.g. Form W2), so go talk with the employer. It may surprise you that they are human and make mistakes, and if treated with respect (not accusations) they will respect you back, and fix the problem. Make a premature conclusion of evil guilt, only later to find it was an honest error/data problem, and you can expect what respect you currently enjoy may be diminished.

Comment on Answer for What’s better: Bi-weekly payroll? Or 1st &15th? And Why? by Brad

Brad — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:25:54 +0000

Can an employee request his or her own pay grace as an hourly employee from bi monthly to weekly?

Comment on Answer for What types of perks do you think will attract Gen Zers the most? by Jean

Jean — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:42:59 +0000

Thanks to you both....exposing some ignorance here...but because I know little about how companies are actually providing debt assistance I googled: "providing debt assitance to employees" What I found was very interesting. A June 2019 WSJ article covers the topic (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/student-debt-relief-for-employees-11560218881">https://www.wsj.com/articles/student-debt-relief-for-employees-11560218881</a>): "What is keeping more employers from offering [debt assistance to employees]? Many HR managers say the biggest obstacle is the tax treatment that student-loan-repayment assistance currently gets. Employers have to pay a payroll tax on the contributions, while employees who receive such assistance have to report it as taxable income. To remove that snag, lawmakers in both houses of Congress earlier this year reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would permit employers to contribute up to $5,250 annually tax-free toward an employee’s student loans. The bills would accomplish this by expanding the section of the tax code that currently allows companies to provide tax-free tuition-reimbursement assistance in that amount to workers seeking to further their education." ^^ looks like it could be a HUGE differentiator. Thank you.

Comment on Answer for What types of perks do you think will attract Gen Zers the most? by Steven

Steven — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:39:53 +0000

Completely agree with you on Student Loan Repayment assistance. Workers that are new to their careers are primarily focused on two things; salary and debt elimination. If you offer a program that helps in both areas, it can easily be the deciding factor when faced with multiple job offers.